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This Black Model May Have Broken Cannes’ Strict No-Nudity Dress Code, But Her Outfit is Turning Every Head…
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The Queen Is Coming: How April Ryan Got Her Glow Up for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
What does the queen of the White House press corps wear to her annual ball? Since it was The Glow Up’s first White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year, we had to know: How does 21-year veteran journalist, CNN contributor and White House press corps firebrand April Ryan get her glow up? Not to humblebrag, but…
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It Was a Glorious Night for #BlackGirlMagic at the Ms. Foundation Gloria Awards
If the future is female, what of the present? Former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and now Black-ish writer and Ms. Foundation Gloria Awards honoree, Elaine Welteroth says, “As millennial women, we exist in this interesting intersection between the past and the future and we bridge generations. On one side, you have Gloria [Steinem] who has…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: ‘Anna Wintour’ by Azealia Banks
She’s messy; she’s brilliant; she’s talented. At times insecure; has frequently been problematic; and at some point made a very illogical endorsement of Donald Trump. And if she sounds like someone else who made major headlines this week, it’s because both have their sanity questioned on the regular. But try as we might, we’re not…
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Dear Black People: Dear White People Is Back
By now you know that we love red carpets here at The Glow Up. And you hopefully also know how much we love black people. So we are understandably excited for the return of Netflix’s Dear White People, which premieres its second season today, Friday, and celebrated the premiere Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The…
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Just Book a Black Girl: Model Gigi Hadid Faces Accusations of Blackface (Again)
(This is an open letter to Gigi Hadid.) Gigi, you in danger, girl. You are in danger of having to issue an apology every time you work with your friends at Italian Vogue if you don’t start checking them when they start trying to slap bronzer and Afro wigs over your blond, blue-eyed beauty. Because…
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Our ‘Best Friend’ Rihanna Gives Us 10 Minutes of FaceTime With Fenty Beauty
“Hide that double chin! I learned how to contour when I gained weight.” —Rihanna There’s nothing like painting your face with your BFF before you get ready to go out and have some fun. Only in this case, your best friend is now Rihanna. RiRi makes us feel that way throughout her unguarded 10-minute tutorial…
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Nothing to See Here: Rihanna Goes Razor-Free and the Internet Loses Its Damn Mind
We’re beginning to think “RiRi” stands for “real real,” because underneath the Killawatt highlighter, Rihanna always seems to keep it real with us. Taking a beat before her co-hosting gig at Monday’s 2018 Met Gala—aka the most anticipated fashion event of the spring—the singer, actress and entrepreneur took to her Instagram to show a little…
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Meeting in the Ladies’ Room: Tracee Ellis Ross to Interview Michelle Obama at United State of Women
Here’s a conversation we don’t want to miss: Black-ish actress and all-around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will interview our forever first lady, Michelle Obama, this Saturday, May 5, at the United State of Women Summit at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles—and we officially know how we’re spending this weekend. Now in its third…
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Rihanna Rules the World on June Cover of Vogue
“OK, so now that I’m 30, are there things I’m supposed to do? Should I be worried? Should I be freezing my eggs? What do you do at 30?!” Rihanna, it turns out, is just like the rest of us, judging by her funny and frank interview accompanying the knockout-gorgeous June cover of Vogue. Curled…
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Yes, You Can Go Home Again: Model Adwoa Aboah Brings Burberry to Ghana
My mother and I recently decided to do DNA kits together in honor of Mother’s Day. (Please don’t @ me with warnings about how our information will be used; we’re grown, neither of us is a serial killer, and genealogy searches have taken us only so far.) Since we’re decidedly African American and slavery was…